Runway Recreations, A Wonderful Exercise

Nick Penna, Jr., owner of SalonCapri of Boston, Mass, encourages his artists to finds exciting looks and recreate them with their own spin not just as an exercise, but as a way to stimulate creativity.

Graziella Lembo, a top stylist at the salon, has taken that exercise to the next level. She looks over finishes from fashion week and puts her version on fellow staff members, friends or clients and then poses them against a wall in the salon designed for photography. Three of her recent recreations are noted here: the Jason Wu Bobby Pin Bun, the Valentino Bubble Pony and the Noon by Noor Poof Pony.

"I chose to recreate these specific looks from the fall 2014 runways because they transition seamlessly from runway to everyday and can be tweaked to fit many different hair types and textures," she says. "My clients prefer looks that are easy and chic to recreate at home and are perfect for work and a night out on the town."

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Maggie Mulhern

Maggie Mulhern, MODERN's Beauty & Fashion Director, is the NYC based Editor and Art Director for Modern Salon Magazine and modernsalon.com. Maggie joined MODERN in the 1980's and has spent more than 3 decades covering the professional beauty industry around the world. In addition to writing articles, Maggie travels globally as a beauty journalist to report on the latest beauty trends, products and techniques. Known for a keen eye, Maggie has judged hundreds of national competitions including NAHA, and international competitions such as Wella International Trend Vision and Goldwell Color Zoom among others. As an Art Director, Maggie is responsible for hundreds of magazine covers and thousands of inside pages and features for Modern Salon and it's sister publications. Among her many professional passions is ARTIST SESSION, the 2 day workshop she founded which offers direction and inspiration to hairdressers interested in learning how to do successful photoshoots. A graduate of Boston College, Maggie is the author of Great Looks (Doubleday) and, in the few minutes of spare time she has left, is working on a book for children that has NOTHING to do with beauty.